VALVE 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

VALVE 2

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Rice University graduate student Matthew Sapp sets up an experiment to test the effects of hypoxia on heart valve tissue. Rice researchers found that different valves in the heart respond differently to oxygen starvation.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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